高中英语人教版 (2019)必修 第三册Unit 3 Diverse Cultures导学案及答案

Unit 4 Space Exploration

Period 1 Listening &Speaking＆Talking
导学案

1. Students can get detailed information about how Yang Liwei became an astronaut and Max’s space life.

2. Students learn to proper listening strategy to get detailed information---listening for numbers and taking notes.

3. Students can learn related sentences or phrases to express their curiosity like “ I wish to know...” “I’d love to know...”

4. Students can learn more about the space and astronauts, even be interested in working hard to be an astronaut.

1. Students can get detailed information about how Yang Liwei became an astronaut and Max’s space life.

2. Students learn to proper listening strategy to get detailed information---listening for numbers and taking notes.

3. Students can learn related sentences or phrases to express their curiosity like “ I wish to know...” “I’d love to know...”

Part A Listening and Speaking--- Talk about how to become an astronaut

Step 1 Lead in--Small talk

Look at the picture on Page 38 and tell your classmates what you can see.
I can see the solar system and the Chinese astronaut Yang Liwei waving to us.

Step 2 Before-listening
    1. As for the space exploration, what do you think about ?

2. Can you name any famous astronauts from China or abroad ?
      China:
      Abroad:
3. Do you know anything about the selection procedure for astronauts ? make a list of the possible requirements.
    

Step 3 While-listening---Task 1
Listen to the interview and tick the correct statements.
 1. The audience is curious about how Yang Liwei became the first Chinese astronaut.

     2. Mr Yang always believed that he would become an astronaut one day.

     3. Mr Yang was selected to attend pilot training with 13 other people.

     4. To become an astronaut in China, you have to have 1,350 hours of flying experience.

     5. Astronauts not only had to learn how to use space equipment, but also had to do a lot of mental and physical training.

Step 4 While-listening---Task 2
Listen again and fill in the blanks with the correct numbers.
 

        1. Yang Liwei graduated from college at the age of ___________.

2. Before he joined China’s space programme, Mr Yang trained as a fighter pilot for ___________years.
3. Mr Yang was one of the ___________ pilots who were chosen to train for space flights.
4. At the time when Mr Yang entered the space programmes, astronauts had to shorter than  ___________cm in height and less than ___________kg in weight.
5. Mr Yang became China’s first astronaut when he was ___________ years old.

Step 5 While-listening---Task 3
Listen to the interview again and make a list of the requirements for becoming an astronaut.

    Education background:
Experience:
Health condition:
Courses:
Special training:

Step 6 Post-listening---Speaking

Work in pairs. Discuss whether you would like to be an astronaut in the future and give your reasons. Use what you have learnt from the interview to help you.
    Example:

A: You know, I think being an astronaut would be cool.

B：Do you want to work in space in the future ?

A: I’m not sure, but I think it might be too difficult for me. There are so many requirements. First of all, you must be intelligent enough to get a related college degree. Then you have to ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________

B: So what might be the most difficult part for you.

A: I guess it might be the ____________________________________.

Part B Listening and Talking---Talk about life in space

Step 1 Before-listening

Look at the pictures below and guess whether they would be useful for astronaut in space.

  soap     towel       guitar      shower

Microwave    pen      tape      tissue

   Answers: ______________________________________________________

Step 2 While-listening

Max is interviewing Captain Brown about his life in space. Listen to the interview and answer the questions.
    1. What did Captain Brown usually wear inside the station ?
 

2. How did he prepare his food in space ?
    
3. How did he keep himself clean in space ?
    
4. How did he spend most of his time in space ?
    
5. How did he do during his free time ?
    
6. How did he look forward to most during his stay in space ?
    

Step 3 Talking

  Work in groups. Imagine you are going to a space camp and Captain Brown has been invited to give a talk. Discus the questions you would like to ask him and then make a list.

Example

A: Hey, guys. We’re going to meet a real astronaut. Isn’t it exciting ?

B: Yeah. I can’t wait to see Captain Brown! I’m really curious about his life in space. I have plenty of questions to ask him.

C: Such as ?

B: Oh, such as what facilities do they have in space to support their daily life ?

C: That sounds like a good question. But I’d like to know about how astronauts sleep. What do they do so as to not to float around while they sleep ?

【答案】

Part A Listening and Speaking--- Talk about how to become an astronaut

Step 1 Lead in--Small talk

Look at the pictures on Page 38 and tell your classmates what you can see.
I can see the solar system and the Chinese astronaut Yang Liwei waving to us.

Step 2 Before-listening
    1. As for the space exploration, what do you think about ?

   Answers: space, shuttle, astronaut, spaceship, rocket, space suit, solar system, ...

2. Can you name any famous astronauts from China or abroad ?
      China: Yang Liwei, Wang Yaping, Zhang Xiaoguang,...
      Abroad: Neil Armstrong,  Gagarin,...
3. Do you know anything about the selection procedure for astronauts ? make a list of the possible requirements.
      Get good education; flying experience; excellent health; rich knowledge; special training,...

Step 3 While-listening---Task 1
Listen to the interview and tick the correct statements.
 1. The audience is curious about how Yang Liwei became the first Chinese astronaut.

     2. Mr Yang always believed that he would become an astronaut one day.

     3. Mr Yang was selected to attend pilot training with 13 other people.

     4. To become an astronaut in China, you have to have 1,350 hours of flying experience.

     5. Astronauts not only had to learn how to use space equipment, but also had to do a lot of mental and physical training.

Step 4 While-listening---Task 2
Listen again and fill in the blanks with the correct numbers.
 

        1. Yang Liwei graduated from college at the age of 22.

2. Before he joined China’s space programme, Mr Yang trained as a fighter pilot for 10 years.
3. Mr Yang was one of the 14 pilots who were chosen to train for space flights.
4. At the time when Mr Yang entered the space programmes, astronauts had to shorter than 172 cm in height and less than 70 kg in weight.
5. Mr Yang became China’s first astronaut when he was 38 years old.

Step 5 While-listening---Task 3
Listen to the interview again and make a list of the requirements for becoming an astronaut.

    Education background: college degree
Experience: rich experience of fighter
Health condition: perfect physical and mental health and body shape; proper height and weight
Courses: English, science and astronomy
Special training: using space equipment; physical and mental training

Step 6 Post-reading---Speaking

Work in pairs. Discuss whether you would like to be an astronaut in the future and give your reasons. Use what you have learnt from the interview to help you.

A: You know, I think being an astronaut would be cool.

B：Do you want to work in space in the future ?

A: I’m not sure, but I think it might be too difficult for me. There are so many requirements. First of all, you must be intelligent enough to get a related college degree. Then you have to work hard to be a great fighter pilot for rich experience. In addition, you have to keep in a perfect physical and mental health and learn science and astronomy well.

B: So what might be the most difficult part for you.

A: I guess it might be the astronomy, which is too difficult for me.

Part B Listening and Talking---Talk about life in space

Step 1 Before-listening

   Look at the pictures below and guess whether they would be useful for astronaut in space.

  soap     towel       guitar      shower

Microwave    pen      tape      tissue

   Answers: soap, towel, guitar, pen, microwave, tissue

Step 2 While-listening

Max is interviewing Captain Brown about his life in space. Listen to the interview and answer the questions.
    1. What did Captain Brown usually wear inside the station ?
      shorts and T-shirt.

2. How did he prepare his food in space ?
         He didn’t prepared his food. Because they didn’t have cooking in space. They chose what they wanted to eat before going to space and then the food was prepared and stored for them. They just needed to heat the food and enjoyed it.

3. How did he keep himself clean in space ?
      He used a soapy towel to wash and swallowed their tooth paste after brushing his teeth.

4. How did he spend most of his time in space ?
      doing different experiments.

5. What did he do during his free time ?
      played the guitar.

6. What did he look forward to most during his stay in space ?
  his weekly video call with his family.
Step 3 Talking

  Work in groups. Imagine you are going to a space camp and Captain Brown has been invited to give a talk. Discus the questions you would like to ask him and then make a list.

Example

A: Hey, guys. We’re going to meet a real astronaut. Isn’t it exciting ?

B: Yeah. I can’t wait to see Captain Brown! I’m really curious about his life in space. I have plenty of questions to ask him.

C: Such as ?

B: Oh, such as what facilities do they have in space to support their daily life ?

C: That sounds like a good question. But I’d like to know about how astronauts sleep. What do they do so as to not to float around while they sleep ?